So quiet at the start, much like the town of Lawrence 150 years ago early in the morning on Aug. 21. The sun would be up soon, and the massacre would begin. “I heard sirens coming in on Sixth Street,” ...
These combined photos, looking north from the 700 block of Vermont Street, show the former site of the First Methodist Church and a plaque, dedicated to its use as a morgue after Quantrill's Raid. On ...